On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down.

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Six days after it was argued.

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{55} years ago today: "School districts must immediately terminate dual school systems based on race and operate only unitary school systems."

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Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education

Argued: October 23, 1969
Decided: October 29, 1969
Full case name: Beatrice Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education

Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South. It followed 15 years of delays to integrate by most Southern school boards after the Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.

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Sun Oct 29, 2023: On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down.

Tue Oct 29, 2019: Handed down on this day, October 29, 1969: Alexander v. Holmes County BoE

[WestMichRad]

1. The ruling was per curiam

Meaning a decision of the whole court (rather than being written by an individual justice).

In Holmes County, white students fled the public education system. By 1970, zero remained in the system. Private academies were set up for them, so the desegregation effort there failed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_v._Holmes_County_Board_of_Education